Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-03
and two children. The funeral will take place on Sunday afternoon.

PASTOR EMERITUS. Rev. L. Perrin, D. D., has resigned as pss- tor of the Third Congregational church of Torrington. As a recognition of his past services the church has conferred on him the | title of pastor emeritus.
 | GIVEN A GOLD WATCH. The friends and former pupils of Geo. H. | Tracy, who has been principal of the Col chester academy for eleven years, surprised ! him by presenting him with 0 fine gold watch | suitably inscribed. He carries the best I wishes of many friends to his new field of | labor.
 BILLINGS FAMILY REUNION. The Billings family reunion was held at the Meionaon in Boston yesterday, beginning at | 10 o'clock. The business meeting came at 11:30 and dinner at 1. MT. Charles Billings, the historian of the family, was expected to | be present and report on the progress of the history.
 The Manchester and East Hartford Gun clubs will shoot in East Hartford to-day. Each club brings many contestants it | likes, and the one having the greater num- | Der picks from it's whole performance num- Der of scores equal to the number of the op- ponents.
 FORMERLY OF HARTFORD. Rear Admiral Theodore P. Greene, U. s. N., (retired), died at Jaffrey, N. H. on Tues | day. He entered the navy in 1926 and was ! in active service until 1871. He resided in | Hartford from 1882 until 1885, when he re- ! moved to Andover, Mass, to live with his I son, the Rev. F. w. Greene.
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 Officers for the ensuing year were chosen on Thursday follows: President, 0. French, of Ansonia; vice president, A. F. ] Barnes, Southington; secretary and treasurer. A TN Captain Chaffee Birmingham, H. c. Hig- gins West Haven, A. c. Austin New Haven, and William Ames, Huntsville. FRENCH CANADIANS TO BE NATURALIzED. The French Canadian convention at Put nam, which has just closed, instructed it's members to take out naturalization papers, vote and take an interest in politics, and, wherever possible, to establish private schools of their own. No attempt was made to pledge the delegates to any party or can didate.
 HARTFORD s NEW SUNDAY PAPER. c. Collard Adams, who is about to start a | new Sunday paper in Hartford, was former ly Pittsfeld (Mass.) man. His paper will | be called the Gazette. It will be a seven \ column folio sheet, will devote special at \ tention to religious matters and be demo- | cratic in politics. The first number will ap- pear on the 18th.
 ' THE MARLBOROS. James W. Dickinson, of Marlboro, cele. | brated his seventieth birthday Tuesday, and \ gave large reception to all the members of | the Dickinson family. It was very inter estinG gathering, and MT. Dickinson gave an entertaining sketch of the family, which he ! had culled from the genealogy published by Frank B. Dickinson of Springfield, Mass. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. The Normal school at New Britain opened | this week for the fall and winter term Miss ! Mary Foskitt, of Meriden, a graduate of Smith college, has been added to the corps \ of teachers. The stone steps of the east and south entrances have been enclosed with iron fencing and gates. The work has been finely done and adds to the appearance of the
 building, besides keeping out intruders. IS GOOD DOG AND GOES TO LITcHF1ELD.
 MT. B. K. Sperry, of Hartford, has sold his celebrated English pointer :" Captain Fred" by Shattuck's "Roxy" and Alden's ! "Pet, Jr.," to Major w. Sanford, of Litch- \ field. This dog has been shown on the bench ! nine times and has won six first prizes. This, ! together with his fine field qualifications and good breeding, makes him valuable for the ! majors kennel. He is said to be the finest 1 specimen of his breed in New England. | PROF. wooDMAN's PROPOSAL TO BARNUM Prof. Woodman, of New York, has made the proposition to P. T. Barnum of natural history museum at Bridgeport, and promises to furnish forty specimens of conchologY crustaceans and fishes. This would attract great many scientific men to the place, and ' members of the scientific society, teachers and pupils of high schools and clergymen will be admitted free, while the fee of 10 cents from others is expected to maintain it. FOR A ROAD AROUND sNIPsIc LAKE. Many of Rockvilles prominent citizens ! held meeting at B. s. Henry's office Wed- Ta 1iTTrf f0 ,o1a ! 8 carriage road around Snipsic lake. G. M. Paulk was chosen chairman, G. W. West, clerk. G. W. West stated that it would be benefit to the town, that nearly all of the land would be given free of damages and that it would probably cost about $3OOO. A walking committee was appointed consist ing of L. E. Thompson, Crosley Fitton and G. M. Paulk to examine the ground and ob-
 tain an estimate of the cost and report at 8 future meeting.
 ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF THE SHOPS OF THE CONSOLIDATED. Superintendent Shepard said yesterday:
 ''The reason of the talk that the shops are to be removed is owing to the increasing busi-
 ness of the railroad company which necessi- tates more room for freight yard This city is a great freight center, as all the freight for Hartford, Willimantic, New Lon don and Northampton has to be sent to this place, and as the trains are divided up it J takes up great deal of space. It is impos- sible for us to put our freight yards in any
 other city, as this place is the most conven-
 ient. The shops, however, could be taken
 to any town along the road. They are not a
 necessity here.
 "The establishment of village for the
 employees of the shops could be successfully
 carried out. Pullman, the village established
 by the famous builder of palace cars, is
 thriving town and the Consolidated possesses
 the means of making the proposed village
 nice place.
 "The committee will report believe, at